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and from Jesus Christ
This continues the blessing from Revelation 1:4. Alternate translation:"and may grace be to you and peace also from Jesus Christ" or "and may Jesus Christ treat you kindly and enable you to live peacefully and securely"
the firstborn from the dead
"the first person to be raised from death, never to die again"
from the dead
The expression "the dead" describes all dead people together in the underworld. To come back from among them speaks of becoming alive again. Alternate translation: "from among all those who have died" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj)
has released us
"has set us free"